Plato and the Power of Images
Published on 3. August 2017
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-90-04-34500-3 (ISBN)
Description
Plato is well known both for the harsh condemnations of images and image-making poets that appear in his dialogues and for the vivid and intense imagery that he himself uses in his matchless prose. Through their resemblance to true reality, images have the power to move their viewers to action and to change themselves, but because of their distance from true reality, that power always remains problematic. Two recurrent problems addressed here are how an image resembles what it represents and how to avoid mistaking that image for what it represents. Plato and the Power of Images comprises twelve chapters on the ways Plato has used images, and the ways we could, or should, understand their status as images.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a very worthy successor to the previous two volumes of the series and a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in exploring Plato's expert use of images despite his ambivalence toward them. While the chapters of the volume can be read for profit individually, it is clear that its authors were given the opportunity to read and cross- reference each other's essays before submitting their final drafts, which most of them took advantage of, thus enhancing the collaborative feel of the book without sacrificing the self-sufficiency of each contribution." Brett Robbins, San Diego State University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.05.20More details
Series
Language
English
Other
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-34500-3 (9789004345003)
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Persons
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, PhD (1999) University of Chicago, is the Paul Shorey Professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College. He has published on Greek religion, myth, and philosophy, including Myths of the Underworld Journey (Cambridge, 2004) and Redefining Ancient Orphism (Cambridge, 2013).
Pierre Destree is Associate Research Professor at the University of Louvain where he teaches ancient philosophy. He has published widely on Greek ethics and aesthetics, and has co-edited numerous volumes, such as Plato and the Poets (Brill, 2011), Plato and Myth (Brill, 2012), and The Blackwell Companion to Ancient Aesthetics (Wiley, 2015).
Contributors are: Elizabeth Belfiore, Douglas Cairns, Radcliffe Edmonds, Andrew Ford, Francisco Gonzalez, Grace Ledbetter, Alex Long, Christopher Moore, Kathryn Morgan, Penelope Murray, Olivier Renaut, Gerd Van Riel.
Pierre Destree is Associate Research Professor at the University of Louvain where he teaches ancient philosophy. He has published widely on Greek ethics and aesthetics, and has co-edited numerous volumes, such as Plato and the Poets (Brill, 2011), Plato and Myth (Brill, 2012), and The Blackwell Companion to Ancient Aesthetics (Wiley, 2015).
Contributors are: Elizabeth Belfiore, Douglas Cairns, Radcliffe Edmonds, Andrew Ford, Francisco Gonzalez, Grace Ledbetter, Alex Long, Christopher Moore, Kathryn Morgan, Penelope Murray, Olivier Renaut, Gerd Van Riel.
Content
List of Contributors
Introduction: The Power-and the Problems-of Plato's Images
?Pierre Destree and Radcliffe Edmonds
Alcibiades' Eikon of Socrates and the Platonic Text: Symp. 215a-222d
?Andrew Ford
The Image of Achilles in Plato's Symposium
?Elizabeth Belfiore
The Power of a Beautiful Image in Plato and the Poets: Infatuation or Transcendence?
?Francisco Gonzalez
Putting Him on a Pedestal: (Re)collection and the Use of Images in Plato's Phaedrus
?Radcliffe Edmonds
Images of Oneself in Plato
?Christopher Moore
Perspectivism in Plato's Views of the Gods
?Gerd Van Riel
The Power of Plato's Cave
?Grace Ledbetter
Political Images of the Soul
?Olivier Renaut
The Ship of State and the Subordination of Socrates
?A.G. Long
Plato's Goat-Stags and the Uses of Comparison
?Kathryn Morgan
Poetry and the Image of the Tyrant in Plato's Republic
?Penelope Murray
The Tripartite Soul as Metaphor
?Douglas Cairns
Index
Introduction: The Power-and the Problems-of Plato's Images
?Pierre Destree and Radcliffe Edmonds
Alcibiades' Eikon of Socrates and the Platonic Text: Symp. 215a-222d
?Andrew Ford
The Image of Achilles in Plato's Symposium
?Elizabeth Belfiore
The Power of a Beautiful Image in Plato and the Poets: Infatuation or Transcendence?
?Francisco Gonzalez
Putting Him on a Pedestal: (Re)collection and the Use of Images in Plato's Phaedrus
?Radcliffe Edmonds
Images of Oneself in Plato
?Christopher Moore
Perspectivism in Plato's Views of the Gods
?Gerd Van Riel
The Power of Plato's Cave
?Grace Ledbetter
Political Images of the Soul
?Olivier Renaut
The Ship of State and the Subordination of Socrates
?A.G. Long
Plato's Goat-Stags and the Uses of Comparison
?Kathryn Morgan
Poetry and the Image of the Tyrant in Plato's Republic
?Penelope Murray
The Tripartite Soul as Metaphor
?Douglas Cairns
Index